TUMselect students have access to the TUMselect network. They can participate in exclusive events with our partner companies, take part in workshops, and receive mentoring.

If you would like to join the TUMselect network, please send your application to Monika (email), consisting of your CV, current grades, high school diploma/grades, and other certificates.
 

After your CV passes the initial screening stage, we will invite you to our assessment center, which takes place on different days within a two-week time span toward the end of every semester. During your full-day assessment center, you will:

1. Work on case studies
2. Solve brainteasers
3. Take a quantitative, written test
4. Discuss current business news
5. Talk about your CV

We look forward to receiving your application!

The TUMselect partner companies are amongst the most renowned and aspiring firms in their industries, such as automotive, consumer goods, investment banking, software, and strategy consulting, among others.

More importantly, TUMselect partner companies highly value human capital and frequently offer particularly ambitious, interesting, and rewarding jobs. Thus, partner companies of TUMselect regularly look for excellent students with strong academic records, impressive CVs, and pleasant personalities, and they go the extra mile to attract these talents.

Please reach out to Ms. Monika Liu (email) if your company is interested in TUMselect.

A. For students

1. Grades: What are the minimum grade requirements?

There are no minimum requirements, since grades are only one (albeit an important) aspect.
That said, the average grade of our current TUMselect students easily falls well within the top 5-10 percent of the entire TUM student body.

2. Semester: When can I apply for TUMselect?

Students from every semester may apply.
However, an appealing CV typically starts to take shape after the first few semesters have passed. Thus, the vast majority of TUMselect students are in higher semesters. Feel free to apply early on: Even if we initially rejected your application, you would be welcome to apply again.

3. Preparation: How can I prepare for the assessment center?

The TUMselect assessment centers are modeled after the assessment centers for highly selective jobs.
Thus, becoming familiar with case studies, brainteasers, quantitative tests, business news, and interview questions that investment banks, multinationals, and strategy consulting firms use to hire analysts, consultants, executive assistants (“Vorstandsassistenz”), and trainees will be helpful.

4. Munich: I am from the Munich campus, may I apply?

Yes, you may. You need to attend several events that typically take place in and around Heilbronn, Frankfurt, and Stuttgart.
_{We also highly recommend looking into TUMfast, a superb career network in Munich with a focus on accounting.}

5. Language skills: I do not speak German; is that a problem?

No.
However, some companies have German language requirements, typically because many of their clients (despite often having very good English skills) do not feel that comfortable speaking English. Thus, you will be a bit limited in the number of TUMselect events you may attend.

6. Obligations: Do I need to meet any expectations after I have been accepted to TUMselect?

Yes.
1) You need to be an active member (which takes less than a full day in your first semester after joining TUMselect, and up to 2 hours in each subsequent semester, unless you are abroad).
2) You need to continue to perform well academically (you do not need to precisely maintain or even improve your already excellent grade point average, but you still need to be well above average).
3) You may not engage in academic misconduct or any activity detrimental to TUMselect.

7. Reapply: May I reapply again after being rejected before?

Yes.

B. For companies

8. We are already a renowned company: Why should we join?

There are several reasons.
Many industry leaders join TUMselect, because they want to build a connection with the most promising students early on to maintain their leadership position in the long run.
Further, renowned firms are often known for one typical job profile (e.g., mechanical engineers in car companies or marketing experts in consumer goods firms) and thus face difficulties drawing applicants for other very interesting openings in their firms (e.g., IT or business analytics positions).

9. Requirements: What are the requirements for being a TUMselect partner company?

The typical TUMselect company highly values and invests in their human capital and offers interesting jobs for ambitious students.

10. Competition: Will we compete with other employers (or even our direct competitors) for student attention?

No.
In fact, this is one of the (many) attractive features of TUMselect, compared with, for example, job fairs ("Jobmessen"), where firms need to constantly compete for student attention. At TUMselect, you and your company will have plenty of time to meet and build rapport with our top students all by yourselves.